Some have described
the heat as our “silent killer”.
Although we haven’t yet truly experienced what climate
change will deal out, doctors and public health experts are calling on the
Victorian Government to urgently review its management of heatwaves.
Today’s Melbourne Age
in a story headed: “Anger over spike in deaths during record Victorian heatwave” that on just one day during the
recent heatwave, Melbourne had recorded 139 deaths above its average.
Doctors are concerned that Victoria had not learnt enough
from the catastrophic 2009 heatwave, when 374 lives were lost.
It was after that loss that the Victorian Greens had called
for a formal inquiry into the state’s “clear lack of preparation” for periods
of extreme heat.
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